This is an assignment for NU 601: Health Policy and Social Issues at the University of North Alabama.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

What is HELP?

HELP is the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. One purpose of this committee is to oversee the majority of the entities of the Department of Health and Human Services. HELP monitors changes in the health care industry and insurance issues related to these changes. Another role of this committee is to monitor education in this country by overseeing Head Start, No Child Left Behind Act, Higher Education, the Arts and Humanities, Student Financial Assistance, Individuals with Disabilities Act, Job and Vocational Training, and the Workforce Investment Act. Another purpose of this committee is overseeing federal and employment laws which includes laws that deal with hours of work and wages, mining, safety and health in the workplace environment, helping with union and company issues, and helping to fight any type of work environment discrimination. The last area of responsibility include "... primary jurisdiction over private retirement plans and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation through the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and over railroad retirement" ("US senate committee, 2012).




Us senate committee on health, education, labor, and pensions. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.help.senate.gov/issues/issue/?id=fb340af2-176c-426b-9b66-9d3bc503543f

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